Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “germans” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
germans	10	7	947	(None)
german	9	6	1198	1	german_
germane	10	4	966	1	germane
germens	10	7	863	1	germens
dermas	9	41	1681	2	derma_s
desmans	10	3	900	2	desmans
firmans	12	23	852	2	firmans
gerahs	10	3	941	2	ger_ahs
germanic	13	6	750	2	germanic
germen	9	6	1231	2	germen_
germina	10	3	850	2	germina
germs	8	51	1887	2	germ__s
gormand	11	5	745	2	gormand
gormands	12	6	656	2	gormands
grans	6	48	3254	2	g_r_ans
groans	7	48	1506	2	g_roans
hetmans	12	18	759	2	hetmans
lemans	8	53	1639	2	le_mans
merman	10	5	1386	2	merman_
overmans	13	3	1031	2	overmans
remans	8	48	2300	2	re_mans
sermons	9	3	1178	2	sermons

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.486	30886.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.872	46149.5